The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
黄浦江边的伍迪·艾伦，《繁花2021特别版》，很嗲，很灵，很喜欢。
太灵了，台词设计的非常的巧妙，配乐是看着看着拿出手机来听歌识曲的地步。以及倪虹洁太好看了点
嗲格。/几乎没有龙标电影的陋处，反而展现出满满的独立气质，好看死了。爱情片天花板，爱情片前面甚至不用加限定词前缀。
美貌多金的寂寞富婆，为何对中年发福的上海男人投怀送抱?
这堆砌感好像重了些，浦东工人阶级表示难以 relate
爽文电影。由“那一夜，我们看话剧”，“那一夜，我们喝大酒”，“那一夜，我们看费里尼”等篇章系列组成，引发多年前的那一夜幻梦布道。从情景喜剧角度欣赏，可能远好过从文艺角度切入。
被豆瓣骗了！气！神话又一次被cliche，不灵。
好看！被一来一去的台词笑死，互不相让，来回交锋。爱情亦真亦假。“她走了后，我的罗马就坍塌了。”ps，有钱有闲的生活真好！哈哈，不然怎有神话呢。
我觉得是今年最佳。多年以后，我想我也会津津有味地谈起看这部电影时的激动。是观影史中值得夹上书签的精彩一页。
不谈主义与价值观，则前半部是好戏，后半部在凑合。但一部现实主义基调的作品，从人设到剧情却都不现实，何不架空现实呢，就跟现在吹捧上海防疫如何精准一样，片中的上海不知道加了多少层滤镜甚至意淫，确实是“神话”。再者，女导演创作、女演员主演、迎合女性观众的电影不等于女性主义电影，相反，本片男权意识根深蒂固，不提示的话我还以为是男导演拍的。
太太太打動人了。🌟這部電影給我一個美好的平安夜。🌟每個部分我都愛！這個電影對我而言是一個新的分水嶺，導演讓我相信，我們開始探索愛情了。❤️（生活有些變扭，但電影很美）
电影的调色媚如马伊琍，
作为一个土生土长的上海人，我表示这不是我长大的生活的那个上海，完全不接地气，我朋友说得非常形象，就是小红书里的上海，以为在做很洋气的事情，我离开上海这么几年，哪能就成这样了呢？虽然都是在说上海话，但台词假得不行，做作得不行得！徐峥和马伊琍感觉上就是很久很久没在生活中讲过上海话了，每一句话说出来都不对，我和我上海同学不这么说话，我和我爹妈更不这么说话！徐峥还要假惺惺地做菜，这架势我还以为他是为了拍视频传上网！最后一群人看盗版的费里尼看得快睡着，我笑死了！然而看完我都不知道看了个什么东西，中年人恋爱，我也没看出什么智慧或是浪漫，还蛮尴尬的。全片我最喜欢的就是周野芒的老乌了。
预定年度最佳，目前为止看过最好看的商业电影，有趣又有深度，难能可贵。
【A－】整个2021观看体验最为舒心的国产电影，终于明白这种不带有意识形态的作品是多么难得。带着“国产版低配伍迪艾伦”的预期观看，却比预想中还丰富有趣。被彻底界定为上海本土化的，且局限于中产阶级的爱情喜剧，但又是绝对真诚的，且终于实现两性平衡的国产剧作。终于知道伍迪艾伦式的影像格调被嫁接至本土腔调会产生多大的魔力，唯一可惜的便是空间上对地域性的强调仍旧稍稍欠缺。以及结局，对费里尼的引用和哈欠只是幌子，哪怕众人的快进行为抵消了迷影者的自恋，导演真正想要致敬的《Mr.Robot》才是冷门到无需掩盖的闪光，被我逮到了吧。
3.记得之前有一种观点说，中国电影京圈的话语权太大，上海文化一直没什么存在感，本片应该可以改变一下这种状况。
没去什么电影节就直接上映挺可惜的，但是想想，这片子也没法翻译啊。某些批评用现实主义要求这么个“洋气”的片子，不是蠢就是坏吧。喜剧做得不错，各种层面也确实讨喜，话虽然实在太密（是在找伍迪艾伦吗？），不过细节实在是用足了（以微信界面为最了），单场戏其实论写论表演得都挺不错的。不过呢，连起来看就各种拧巴了。我猜这也是短视频时代的电影代表吧。片子核心大梗是不成立的，因为费里尼的《爱情神话》片名可从来不是Myth of Love啊（所以中间那个投影看得到底是什么鬼？）。最后，这片子声音是怎么回事儿？没做完？
吴越“我只是犯了所有男人都会犯的错” 这是国产电影的进步哈哈哈哈哈
一夜情，前妻，Jimmy choo，被归化的外国男和混血女儿，咖啡店，ktv，传说中的土耳其和yy电影女星，所谓时髦元素堆砌，不知所云。音乐挺好听的，但没起到作用，转场突兀。
徐峥的角色简直是失意中年男人yy的天花板：有钱有房有技能、离婚但是他没犯错、儿子高高帅帅、生活小有情调、什么都会一点、做的一手好菜、能耐心照顾孩子发福但是没脱发、三个女人都喜欢他，一夜情一波接一波，这哪里是讨论中年人的爱情，简直就是爽文模板。跟人滚完床单还一副委屈巴巴的样子，总让人觉得像个完美受害者。
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